ALPHA HUGO’S OFFICE
Alpha Jude burst into Alpha Hugo’s office, clutching an old, worn book to his chest. His face was stern, eyes frantic.
“Alpha Hugo! I found this book!” he gasped, rushing to the desk and slamming it down. “Look, it says the curse can be killed!”
“Really?” Alpha Hugo’s reply was calm, almost disinterested, too slow, too measured for the panic that had caused the Alpha instructors. Everyone was going mad and the Academy was in chaos.
“Yes!” Jude insisted, pushing the book closer to him. “This could save the Alphas from their curses. They have to face their curse and kill it within ten seconds.”
Hugo exhaled a long breath and crushed his cigarette into an ashtray already overflowing with butts from the stress he had been under since the Alphas disappeared.
“Do you
